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Battle Royale (2000)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:18

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.3/10

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Chiaki Kuriyama

Starring: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Chiaki Kuriyama

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
N/R

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Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
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Urban Cinefile

A disturbing film to say the least, and definitely one that could never have been made in the United States.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment 1 Comment
06/17/08
Lucius Gore
Lucius Gore
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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/20/08
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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A modern classic about the folly of violence.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Empire Magazine

What it does have is plenty of splatter, noise and energy.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
11/07/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Os intertítulos e o excesso de flashbacks comprometem um pouco o ritmo do filme, mas, de modo geral, a ação é muito bem conduzida e os personagens, satisfatoriamente desenvolvidos.

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05/26/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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01/26/06
Time Out

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

Une oeuvre faisant l'objet d'un véritable culte que l'on imagine mal voir sortir d'un studio d'Hollywood.

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
11/25/05
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

Races along with the swift, brutal precision of a samurai sword cutting through cotton.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
05/03/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

The basic storyline just isn't very good, and any attempt to say anything meaningful or moving is ham-fisted and obvious, which quite simply isn't good enough for a film as in-your-face as this.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment 1 Comment
08/12/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Film Threat

Its content will earn it a following from as many witless viewers as it will thoughtful ones, but that's no reason to condemn it

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
06/30/03
Shane Burridge
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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment 1 Comment
05/09/03
Sydney Morning Herald

As twisted as it sounds, killing off 41 teens takes a great deal of creativity and an innate sense of pacing in order to avoid, well, cinematic boredom.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/01/03
Norm Schrager
Norm Schrager
Filmcritic.com

BATTLE ROYALE is a film that should not be easily ignored, and will not be easily forgotten...the faces of those kids are likely to linger long after the credits stop.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
04/03/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

'Battle Royale' is another deeply flawed addition to the deeply offensive phenomenon of 'reality TV'.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment 1 Comment
02/13/03
Tom Grealis
Tom Grealis
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

A hell of an action movie, an admission that makes me feel a little guilty.

Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | comment Comment
12/23/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies
 
 
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